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News Release from: Riso (UK) Limited | Subject: HC5000
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial Team on 15 August 2005

Fast A3 Inkjet Printer Plays Irish
Election Role

Riso (UK), has sold an HC5000 inkjet printer to the Green Party in Ireland.

Riso (UK), has sold an HC5000 inkjet printer to the Green Party in Ireland The printer, which is claimed to be the world's fastest sheet-fed full colour A3 inkjet printer, has been bought by the Green Party to bring fast and reliable printing capability in-house as part of its efforts to prepare itself for the forthcoming Irish general election due to be held within the next 18 months, said Riso

The deal was clinched in favour of the HC5000 because of its speed of 105 A4 pages per minute, a cost per full colour copy that is said to be lower than the screen printing cost of 4.5 Euro cents per page and the environmentally friendly features of the machine.

The Green Party has already identified 15 candidates who will stand in the next general election.

Each candidate will be targeting constituencies of around 20,000 - 30,000 voters, which means the Green Party will need to print very large volumes of leaflets, newsletters and other public statements.

Using traditional printing methods in that situation is not only time consuming but also very expensive.

The HC5000 can print volumes of up to 250,000 pages per month.

Also, the printer's technology of the machine has made paper misfeeds a thing of the past, according to Riso.

In addition, it is critical for the party to have in-house printing capability that enables it to shorten production time scales, enabling them to effectively communicate the their messages and speedily counter act claims by competing parties.

The HC5000 also allows inexpensive short print runs that will enable the party to tailor messages relevant to specific areas within the constituencies.

That is not possible using traditional printing technology from a time and cost perspective.

Dermot Hamilton, the general secretary of the Green Party, commented: "We took a strategic decision to bring printing in-house as it was proving to be very time consuming and expensive to outsource all our printing.

We researched the market and the only product that fits our requirements was the HC5000.

Due to its features, specifically the cost and speed advantages, it is the best product for our specific needs.

We are now in a position to not only offer printing services to the 15 identified candidates in Ireland but gradually extend our services to the 42 groups in Ireland which include the Green Party in Northern Ireland." Richard Thompson, Riso UK's managing director, added: "The HC5000 is fast becoming the machine of choice for organisations that see the value in bringing colour printing in-house.

Outsourced colour printing is traditionally slow and expensive and can be difficult to do in situations where confidentiality is an issue.

Many of our HC5000 customers are government organisations who have chosen to in-source printing in order to get control of the costs, improve the turn-around times and maintain confidentiality.".

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